#DDC187#DDC187

#DDC187 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.553; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.082 H 84.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#DDC187
RGB	rgb(221, 193, 135)
HSL	hsl(40, 56%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(40, 39%, 87%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 38.9%, 13.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.19, 1.91, 32.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.19, 32.92, 86.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% 0.0072 0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.082 84.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2632, 55.2635, 30.7783)
Luminance	0.5526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#DDC187 #87A3DD

analogous

#DD9687 #DDC187 #CEDD87

triadic

#DDC187 #87DDC1 #C187DD

tetradic

#DDC187 #87DD96 #87A3DD #DD87CE

square

#DDC187 #87DD96 #87A3DD #DD87CE

split-complementary

#DDC187 #87CEDD #9687DD

monochromatic

#B68C34 #CFA857 #DDC187 #EBDAB7 #F8F2E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#DDC187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#DDC187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #DDC187

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##DDC187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##DDC187	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC083

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#EAB7B2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #ddc187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(221, 193, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.082 84.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e9d3aa',
    500: '#ddc187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #ddc187;
$custom-light: #e9d3aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#ddc187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 221,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.465,
    "s": 55.844,
    "l": 69.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8214,
    "c": 0.08161,
    "h": 84.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#DDC187

secondary

#5473B4

accent

#57C322

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FDFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#161410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #DDC187

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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